When God’s love feels unfair, real faith means trusting a love that reaches even the people we’d rather exclude.
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This series: Faith in Real Life: Stories of Hope in a Messed-Up World
Each week, keep asking: What did this person discover about God in their mess that changes how we see Him today?
Main Ideas:
A life of faith is often a life of frustration.
a lot of us feel like a “fair” God would love some people more than others.
God’s love is offensively inclusive.
God’s heart is always for people, whether they deserve it or not.
We are often more eager to see God’s justice against our enemies than his mercy
Our quest for justice can make us think we are holier than God.
God’s love is often easier to receive than to give.
Real faith is about learning to love others like God loves us.
Real faith loves, and then leaves the results to God.
God’s love isn’t something to hoard. It’s something to share.
Invitation:
Is there someone or even a group you avoid, judge, or struggle to love?
Pray for them.
Do something loving.
Discussion Questions:
- What’s something in life right now that feels “unfair” to you? How do you usually respond to that?
- Why do you think we care so much about fairness, even though we know “life isn’t fair”?
- Read Luke 6:36. Why do you think mercy is so central to what it means to live out real faith?
- Jon said: “Real faith loves, and then leaves the results to God.” What would it look like for you to live that out this week?
- How can your group pray with you this week?
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